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attachment?
VCR. Value; contract (security agreement; rights in collateral
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consignments that must comply w/ art 9
over 1k AND consigner did not use the goods for personal family or household purposes AND potentially deceiptive consignee
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who is a potentially deceptive consignee
deals w/ goods of that kind under a name other than the consignee; not an auctioneer; & not generally known by consignees creditors to be substanitally engage in selling consigned goods
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disguised lease
lesee cannot terminate the lease AND (a) equal to or greater than the remaining economic life, (b) lesee owns property at end of lease term, (c) lessee has the option to purchase fornominal consideration at the end of the lease term
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to be a farm product, must
(a) in possession of the farmer engaged in farming operations & (b) in an unmanufactured condition
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instruments represent
money
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documents are
written or electronic representations of goods - documents of title under art 7
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warehouse receipt
represents goods in storage
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bill of lading
represents goods in transit
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chattel paper represents two things
monetary obligation (like a promissory note) & a security interest
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cash can only be collateral if
it is proceeds
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description of collateral in a security agreement
must rznably describe the property
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can perfect by control for
investment property, nonconsumer deposit accounts, electronic documents, & electronic chattel paper
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after acquired property clause & consumer goods
an after-acquired property clause will only be effective re: consumer goods for those consumer goods that are acquired within 10 days of the security agreement
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these may not be perfected by possession
accounts; deposit accounts; non-negotiable documents; electronic documents; electronic chattel paper; general intangibles
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twenty day exception for
instruments, negotiable documents, certificated securities
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these may not be perfected by filing
deposit accounts, money
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fin statemennt requirements
names of debtor/creditor; addresses of debtor/creditor; debtor's authorization in an authenticated record; description of the collateral (can be broader/super-generic)
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errors in financing statement are escused so long as they are not
seriously misleading
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changes in the debtor's name
perfection continues in the collateral that the debtor has at the time of the name change. perfection will also continue for property that is acquired within 4 months of the name change. However, for property acquired after the 4 month period, perfection ends if not refiled under new name within the 4 month period.
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a filing statement is effective for
5 yrs from the date of the filing
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continuation statements must be filed
within 6 months of the expriation date
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termination statements
required for consumer goods. must be filed by creditor within 20 days after debtor written demand or w/o demand within 1 month after this is no outstanding secured obligation or commitment to make advance. For NONCONSUMER GOODS, only upon debtors request. creditor must provide the debtor within 20 days of demand.
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automatic perfection
consumer goods that are not either certificate of title items or fixtures; assignment of accounts; sale of promissory notes
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temporary automatic perfections
proceeds (autoperfected for 20 days from debtors receipt); new value for instruments, negotiable documents, & certified securities (20 day grace period); delivery fo instrument, noegitable document, or cerfieid security to debtor (20 days again)
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generally, perfection in proceeds
will continue for 20 days. BUT there are exceptions
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the original security interest will remain perfected by the f.s. if the proceeds of the collateral are also property for which a f.s. would be filed
in the same office as the original collateral.
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the original security interest will continue in proceeds if they are identifiable
cash proceeds
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if the same office rule does not apply & it is not identifiable cash proceeds then
the creditor might need to take further action to perfect
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which state's art9 are you going to use to determine whether something is perfected?
law of the state where the debtor is located. if individual, look to the principal residence. if registered organization, look to the law of the state where it is organized.
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PSMI exception to the general rule that the first to file/perfect wins
if one creditor has a PMSI in goods (other than inventory or livestock) so long as it is perfected (1) when debtor receives POSSESSION of the collateral or (2) WITHIN 20 DAYS of when the debtor receives possession
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PMSI in inventory
in order to have PMSI superpriority in inventory, the creditor must be perfected when the debtor recieves the property and the conflicting SI holders must be given proper notice. Proper notice is authenticated notice to those who have filed, explaining the PMSI status, describing the collateral, all before possession occurs. Good for 5 yrs, just like a regular financing statement.
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if the secured party is unperfected at the time of purchase of collateral, the buyer will prevail so long as
the buyer gives value; buyer receives delivery; buyer doesn't know about the security interest
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buyer in the ordinary course of business
although usually a buyer will take subject to a security interest, this is the BIG exception. A buyer in the ordinary course of business will prevail over a secured creditor in certain circumstances. There must be (1) good faith (subjective/objective); (2) no knowledge of security interest VIOLATION; (3) not farm products; (4) ordinary purchase (i.e. from a person in the business selling goods of that kind); (5) security interest must have been created by the seller; (6) creditor not perfected by prior owners of the collateral
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consumer-consumer exception (garage sale rule)
a purchaser will prevail if it is consumer goods in both the buyer & sellers hands; buyer has no knowledge of security interest; buyer pays value; creditor not perfected by possession; & creditor's interest is UNFILED
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future advances
will only work if the secured creditor doesn't have knowledge of the purchase or if 45 days haven't elapsed from the date of the purchase
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a HDC will prevail over
earlier perfected interests in a negotiable instrument
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a statutory mechanics lien prevails over a secured creditor if
(1) person furnished services or materials w/r/t the goods covered by security interest; (2) furnishing was in ordinary course of business; (3) collateral is in the possession of the statutory lien holder
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you lose your interest in ordinary building materials once
construction occurs
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something is a fixture if
it can be removed but some damage to the property will occur as a result
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a secured party may beat the holder of a mortgage if
perfected before RE interest recorded; perfect w/ a fixture filing (describing property in the right mortgage office)
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purchase money secured credity perfected by fixture filing
can previal if perfected within 20 days of becoming a fixture; competing RE interest is not a construction mortgage
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